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10-15-2012, 10:06 AM | #1 |
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Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
2 questions. Picked up a pair of vintage 270 degree sweep 2" SW mechanical water temp temp gauges for the hot rod at Hershey. 1 needs a new temp sensor thermocouple.
1. Anyone have experience with a rebuilder on older SW gauges ? 2. Where do you find the brass 3/8 pipe to SW thermocouple adapter that fits in the flathead head ? Thank you for the help Fordbarners |
10-15-2012, 06:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
Any ideas out there ? Thank you.
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10-15-2012, 06:56 PM | #3 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
Try Williamsons in Chester, AR. They have a website. Good luck!
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10-15-2012, 07:09 PM | #4 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
Here is a link to page that has trouble shooting instructions and drawings for identification of different styles of gauges:
http://www.stewartwarnercanada.com/m...l%20gauges.PDF Also see this thread that asks the same question about senders: http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...133#post373133 The sender is I think a 1/4 inch pipe thread and a normal pipe adapter should be all you need. And by the way, the sender is basically a temperature dependent resistor and not a thermocouple which is a different animal. |
10-15-2012, 10:51 PM | #5 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
I think you will find what you need here-
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Temp-G...8-18,7197.html This adapter is for mechanical gauges. |
10-16-2012, 12:02 AM | #6 |
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thanks again. rich |
10-16-2012, 12:23 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
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But, North Hollywood Speedometer does them. http://www.nhspeedometer.com/ |
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10-16-2012, 03:26 PM | #8 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
Oops, missed the fact that these are mechanical gauges. If you Google "bourdon tube repair", there is some repair info there.
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10-17-2012, 05:03 AM | #9 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
I wanted SW gauges for a pickup. Not wings but old style. IMHO Stewart Warner has deteriorated since they were sold a while back. I ended up with several gauges before I found everything I needed. In my "collection" I have an old mechanical water temp unit I did not use. If you need any reference information PM me and I will try to help. I used this gauge when I did the cam break in and it works fine. I hooked it up in conjunction with a toggled electric unit to verify the reading and then took it off and put it back in the box. I believe the gauge line is filled with some type of transfer medium and if a leak occurs the gauge will not read correctly or at all.
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10-18-2012, 09:09 AM | #10 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
These guys have rebuilt old SW's for me: http://www.gaugeguys.com/
They can also get you the adapter nut for the head. Or your local NAPA can get the adapter as well. It's not just a pipe-threaded bushing, as there is a seat for the guage's bulb to sit against. |
10-18-2012, 07:03 PM | #11 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
Hi 41 LFH
Are you interested in sellinh the SW mech water temp gauge ? If so,could you send me a picture of it so I can see if it is the same type I have. The ones I have are '60's vintage. 270 degree sweep, 2" mounting hole. Thanks, Russ, [email protected] |
10-18-2012, 07:07 PM | #12 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
Hi
If you are interested in selling the mech water temp, could you send me a photo so I can see if it is the same as the good one I have. It's 2" diameter, 270 degree sweep, 60's vintage. Thanks, Russ [email protected] |
01-15-2013, 08:09 PM | #13 |
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Re: Stewart Warner gauge rebuild
hay if you still need the old speedometer rebuilt let me know papanick
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